MANAGEMENT OF PHYSICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES: ITS INFLUENCE ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN NANDI EAST SUB-COUNTY PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, KENYA
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2017-06
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This study sought to establish the influence of the status, utilization and
management of physical and instructional resources on the academic performance
of students in Public Secondary Schools in Nandi East Sub- County. The study
was conducted in six Public Day Secondary Schools. Purposive sampling was
used to identify the respondents. Systems Theory and Resource Based Theory
guided the study. The research instruments included questionnaires, interviews
and observation. Data was analyzed by use of descriptive (Frequencies, Means
and Standard Deviations) and inferential statistics (Analysis of variance- ANOVA
and Kruskal-Wallis). The findings showed that the schools did not have adequate
physical and instructional resources and what was available was not put to
maximum use; management of the resources was not in compliance with the
standards set by the Ministry of Education Science and Technology, especially the
preventive and emergency maintenance. There was significant difference in the
use and management of physical and instructional resources classified among the
fair performing, poor performing and the very poor performing schools. In all the
cases the p value 0.00 was less than the set Alpha (p<0.05).The study recommends
thatthe schools should invest more in physical and instructional resources;
improve the extent of use of the physical and instructional resources particularly,
laboratory equipment, playground, first Aid kit, library; models, maps, computers,
charts, text books; and manage the physical and instructional resources according
to standards set by the Ministry of Education Science and Technology.